TSA wait times
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MIA TSA wait times: how busy will security be?
We forecast how many travelers each MIA security checkpoint will screen, hour by hour, from the official TSA throughput reports. Pick your flight time to see which checkpoint should be the least busy for you.
Forecasts, not live wait times. Busy levels compare each checkpoint with its own past year. Times are local airport time.
When is your flight?
Security checkpoints before a 9 AM departure on Tuesday, October 27
Foxy's pickCheckpoint 4 (Concourses D & E) should be calm before your flight.
| Checkpoint | 6 AM | 7 AM | 8 AM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checkpoint 4 (Concourses D & E) Best bet | Calm~154 travelers | Calm~191 travelers | Calm~191 travelers |
| Checkpoint 2 (Concourse D) | Calm~263 travelers | Moderate~323 travelers | Moderate~329 travelers |
| Checkpoint 3 (Concourse D) | Calm~455 travelers | Moderate~533 travelers | Calm~485 travelers |
At MIA, each terminal has its own security: we only compare the checkpoints of Concourse D. Source: official airport website, checked 2026-10-09.
A typical week at MIA security
Travelers screened per minute, all checkpoints together, forecast average over the next four weeks. This is a flow of people, not a wait time.
Calm Moderate Busy compared with the rest of the week.
| Day | 12 AM | 1 AM | 2 AM | 3 AM | 4 AM | 5 AM | 6 AM | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | 12 PM | 1 PM | 2 PM | 3 PM | 4 PM | 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | 8 PM | 9 PM | 10 PM | 11 PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 2/min | 1/min | 2/min | 14/min | 43/min | 61/min | 65/min | 60/min | 59/min | 63/min | 63/min | 62/min | 59/min | 56/min | 65/min | 68/min | 64/min | 63/min | 63/min | 45/min | 30/min | 19/min | 8/min | 3/min |
| Tue | 2/min | 1/min | 2/min | 12/min | 31/min | 44/min | 47/min | 48/min | 45/min | 42/min | 46/min | 45/min | 49/min | 48/min | 58/min | 60/min | 52/min | 48/min | 47/min | 40/min | 27/min | 17/min | 6/min | 2/min |
| Wed | 3/min | 1/min | 2/min | 12/min | 28/min | 44/min | 44/min | 45/min | 45/min | 43/min | 43/min | 43/min | 48/min | 45/min | 58/min | 55/min | 50/min | 48/min | 46/min | 38/min | 26/min | 16/min | 6/min | 2/min |
| Thu | 2/min | 2/min | 2/min | 13/min | 36/min | 48/min | 53/min | 49/min | 54/min | 55/min | 58/min | 54/min | 49/min | 51/min | 64/min | 66/min | 59/min | 60/min | 60/min | 46/min | 31/min | 20/min | 11/min | 5/min |
| Fri | 4/min | 3/min | 2/min | 13/min | 40/min | 54/min | 58/min | 57/min | 61/min | 61/min | 56/min | 53/min | 56/min | 53/min | 62/min | 62/min | 61/min | 60/min | 57/min | 45/min | 31/min | 21/min | 10/min | 3/min |
| Sat | 3/min | 1/min | 2/min | 15/min | 45/min | 56/min | 57/min | 56/min | 70/min | 70/min | 67/min | 63/min | 63/min | 59/min | 69/min | 68/min | 61/min | 52/min | 54/min | 44/min | 37/min | 25/min | 13/min | 4/min |
| Sun | 5/min | 2/min | 3/min | 14/min | 44/min | 58/min | 59/min | 58/min | 64/min | 65/min | 63/min | 60/min | 68/min | 65/min | 76/min | 75/min | 68/min | 73/min | 64/min | 49/min | 35/min | 25/min | 10/min | 3/min |
Busiest days ahead
- Monday, January 4: about 80,374 travelers screened
- Sunday, December 27: about 76,715 travelers screened
- Tuesday, January 5: about 76,570 travelers screened
- Saturday, March 20: about 75,309 travelers screened
- Sunday, January 3: about 74,913 travelers screened
How we forecast
Every week, the TSA publishes how many travelers each checkpoint screened, hour by hour. Our model learns each checkpoint's patterns from years of these reports (weekdays, seasons, holidays) and is retested every week against what really happened.
Tested on 2026: for the 3 hours before a departure, our forecasts were off by 16% on average, and the busy level was right 71% of the time. Treat them as typical conditions, not a guarantee.
Source: TSA throughput data (FOIA Reading Room), U.S. government work. Updated Oct. 27, 2026. For live wait times, see the official airport website.